Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome to unspun world. Its exactly two years since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. Russias gaining ground, and President Putins only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. Sudden death syndrome, the Prison Authorities informed his family. Well, theres been a lot of that about where mr putins enemies are concerned. So, is putin untouchable now . We dont see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war. So this gives us an understanding that putin maybe is not that confident. Do ukrainians feel theyre on the road to defeat . I dont think that we can speak now about the defeat. Im sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine. And is World Warjust around the cornerfor all of us . The military commanders are saying that there is an unprecedented threat from russia because of t
Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome to unspun world. Its exactly two years since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. Russias gaining ground, and President Putins only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. Sudden death syndrome, the Prison Authorities informed his family. Well, theres been a lot of that about where mr putins enemies are concerned. So, is putin untouchable now . We dont see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war. So this gives us an understanding that putin maybe is not that confident. Do ukrainians feel theyre on the road to defeat . I dont think that we can speak now about the defeat. Im sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine. And is World Warjust around the cornerfor all of us . The military commanders are saying that there is an unprecedented threat from russia because of t
support to give to ukrainians in the long term. with the former business and long term capital correspondent in the washington post anchor. hello welcome to the programme. for the past five years, the conservative party has at times, appeared to stray into labour territory. when theresa may came to power in 2016, the conservatives she said would be the party of the ordinary working class . the 2017 manifesto promised to stand up for the weak , restore fairness, there would not be, she said, untrammelled free markets . then came borisjohnson, nominally of the right, but with a plan to redistribute wealth to the north, and on the back of what became, post pandemic the highest tax take in 70 years. today, in her first prime minister s questions, liz truss returned to something that looked much more, like the conservative orthodoxy of old. i m on the side of people who work hard and do the right thing. that s why we will reverse the ni increase and why we will keep corporation
mind? that s really the subtext of all the conversations about whether the russian president is actually willing to drive humanity to the brink of a nuclear disaster. i bet it s keeping president biden up at night. how about you? how are you sleeping since president biden used the word armageddon ? i ll ask how close he thinks we are to the brink and what options are on the table in our exclusive interview. as biden noted n ukraine, putin s choices, his options are narrowing. translator: we will defend our land by all means at our disposal. we ll do everything to ensure the security of our people. breaking ut our putin-english, english-putin dictionary, what he means by land is ukraine. our people, he means the ukrainians who have taken up arms to stop him. when he says about the by any means at our disposal, that s rhetoric that has gone nuclear. translator: is u.s. is is the only country in the world to have used nuclear weapons on two occasions, resulting in the des
actor? as vladimir putin lost his mind? that is really the subtext of all of the conversations about whether the russian president is actually willing to drive humanity to the brink of a nuclear disaster. i bet it s keeping president biden up at night, how about you? how are you sleeping ever since president biden used the word armageddon. just a moment last president biden outright how close he thinks we really are to the brink. what options are on the table? as biden noted, putin s choice isn t options are narrowing. we will defend our land by all means. we will secure the security of our people. are english putin dictionary right here, when he says we will defend our land what he means our land is the 18% of ukraine and he just declared part of russia. and by our people he means the ukrainians who have taken up arms to stop them. and races by all means, that is rhetoric that has gone nuclear. the u.s. is only country in the world have used nuclear weapons on two occasi